The Canadian musician Leslie Feist is among the headliners at this weekend’s Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival in Cork, just as the first series of her podcast, Pleasure Studies, has finished its eight-episode run.

As he gets ready for the Safe Harbour festival, Bryce Dessner tells Ed Power about his plans for the event, his love of Cork, and life in The National.

Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire is happy to scale down for a more intimate musical experience at a Cork event he knows well, writes Ed Power

KT Tunstall turned to dance music after having a crisis of confidence in Greenland.